Week 19: It’s the end of the purge as we know it (and I feel fine)
In Binge And Purge, The A.V. Club’s Josh Modell is going through his collection of 2,000 CDs, writing a bit about each…
Binge And Purge
In Binge And Purge, The A.V. Club’s Josh Modell is going through his collection of 2,000 CDs, writing a bit about each artist, and then purging the unnecessary in the hopes of cutting that number in half by the end of 2016.
Week 18: Wilco, The Wedding Present, and Yeezy all start with W
In Binge And Purge, The A.V. Club’s Josh Modell is going through his collection of 2,000 CDs, writing a bit about each…
Week 17: Tortoise and They Might Be Giants both begin with T
In Binge And Purge, The A.V. Club’s Josh Modell is going through his collection of 2,000 CDs, writing a bit about each…
Week 16: Stoner sounds, Stone Roses, and the best-worst song you’ve never heard
In Binge And Purge, The A.V. Club’s Josh Modell is going through his collection of 2,000 CDs, writing a bit about each…
Week 15: Many best-of-all-time discs, from Smog and Seam to The Smiths
In Binge And Purge, The A.V. Club’s Josh Modell is going through his collection of 2,000 CDs, writing a bit about each…
Week 14: It’s hard to say goodbye to Radiohead and R.E.M. (so I won’t)
In Binge And Purge, The A.V. Club’s Josh Modell is going through his collection of 2,000 CDs, writing a bit about each…
Week 13: Pearl Jam woos me, Pixies remain, and I marry The Promise Ring
In Binge And Purge, The A.V. Club’s Josh Modell is going through his collection of 2,000 CDs, writing a bit about each…
Week 12: I used to have a ponytail, but I still have pretty good taste in N bands
In Binge And Purge, The A.V. Club’s Josh Modell is going through his collection of 2,000 CDs, writing a bit about each…
Week 11: Whoa, I’m halfway there / Whoa, I don’t own any Bon Jovi discs
In Binge And Purge, The A.V. Club’s Josh Modell is going through his collection of 2,000 CDs, writing a bit about each…
Week 10: Where Kool Keith meets Low, prank calls, and a terrible jacket
In Binge And Purge, The A.V. Club’s Josh Modell is going through his collection of 2,000 CDs, writing a bit about each…
Week 9: Bill Hicks, Eminem’s mom, and a band I fell out of love with
In Binge And Purge, The A.V. Club’s Josh Modell is going through his collection of 2,000 CDs, writing a bit about each…
Week 8: Elliott Smith’s rock band, a weird O.J. tribute, and Mitch Hedberg
In Binge And Purge, The A.V. Club’s Josh Modell is going through his collection of 2,000 CDs, writing a bit about each…
Week 7: Fugazi, The Frogs, astrology songs, and some Fs I don’t want
In Binge And Purge, The A.V. Club’s Josh Modell is going through his collection of 2,000 CDs, writing a bit about each…
Week 6: In which Death Cab For Cutie competes for space with “Ass-N-Titties”
In Binge And Purge, The A.V. Club’s Josh Modell is going through his collection of 2,000 CDs, writing a bit about each…
Week 5: I’m keeping most of the Coldplay, okay?
In Binge And Purge, The A.V. Club’s Josh Modell is going through his collection of 2,000 CDs, writing a bit about each…
Week 4: Frank Black, Built To Spill, Blur, and more… to the used CD store
In Binge And Purge, The A.V. Club’s Josh Modell is going through his collection of 2,000 CDs, writing a bit about each…
It’s week three of the purge, and the CDs are winning
In Binge And Purge, The A.V. Club’s Josh Modell is going through his collection of 2,000 CDs, writing a bit about each…
Week 2: From Lily Allen to Eric Bachmann, should it stay or should it go?
In Binge And Purge, The A.V. Club’s Josh Modell is going through his collection of 2,000 CDs, writing a bit about each…
An A.V. Club writer begins a long battle with physical media
Eight or nine years ago, I decided to limit the number of CDs I owned to 2,000. The decision wasn’t arbitrary—I had…
